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  <h1>Creating a project</h1>
  <p>To create a project:</p>
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    <li>On the main menu bar, click <b>File &gt; New Project</b>. The New Project wizard opens.</li>
    <li>Select and expand a category, then select the type of project to create. To assist in locating a particular
    wizard, the text field can be used to show only the wizards that match the entered text. Click <b>Next</b>.</li>
    <li>In the <b>Project name</b> field, type a name for your new project.</li>
    <li>(Optional) The project that you create will map to a directory structure in the file system. The default file
    system location is displayed in the Location field. If you want to create the project and its contained resources
    in a different location, clear the <b>Use default location</b> checkbox and specify the new location.</li>
    <li>If you want the new project to be dependent on one or more other projects, click <b>Next</b> and select the
    projects to be referenced.</li>
    <li>Click <b>Finish</b>. The new project is listed in one of the navigation views.</li>
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  <p><em>Tip:</em> The <a class="command-link" href=
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  <img src="PLUGINS_ROOT/org.eclipse.help/command_link.svg" alt="command link"> <b>General &gt; Perspectives</b></a>
  preference page allows you to specify the perspective behavior when a new project is created.</p>
  <h3 class="related">Related concepts</h3><a href="../concepts/concepts-12.htm">Resources</a><br>
  <a href="../concepts/concepts-17.htm">Resource hierarchies</a>
  <h3 class="related">Related tasks</h3><a href="tasks-43.htm">Creating a folder</a><br>
  <a href="tasks-44.htm">Creating a file</a><br>
  <a href="tasks-63cg.htm">Copying resources</a><br>
  <a href="tasks-63.htm">Moving resources</a>
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